This week: 413 Sept. 15: 420 Difference: -7 --- After completing the Lake Placid Half-Marathon in June, two episodes of gout and an ankle injury sidelined me over the summer, and I gained 20 pounds. By September, I needed major help, which came from my own experiences on the Lake Placid ...

This week: 412 Sept. 15: 420 Difference: -8 --- There’s a reason processed meats are on my Do Not Eat List, and now I have more motivation to keep it that way. The World Health Organization this week announced that people who eat processed meats and red meat have a better chance of ...

This week: 413 Sept. 15: 420 Difference: -7 --- There I am, training for the Lake Placid Half-Marathon. The sun is out, and it’s a little chilly for May. It’s about 8 in the morning. There are plenty of people walking and running around Mirror Lake. Some are tourists, some are ...

This week: 420 Sept. 15: 420 Difference: 0 --- All instances in which I’ve prevented myself from impulse eating — based on emotions or stress — share one thing in common. They involve “the talk.” This is a conversation I have with myself to talk myself out of impulse ...

(This is the Oct. 2, 2015 Lake Placid Diet column.) This week: 412 Sept. 15: 420 Difference: -8 --- When it comes to losing weight, it’s too easy to make excuses and give yourself permission to eat more than you should and to skip exercising. That’s why creating a means for ...

This week: 423 Sept. 15: 420 Difference: +3 --- Over the years, I’ve come to realize that I’m really bad at eating healthy while on vacation. Last week, I found that I’m even worse at eating healthy while traveling on the road. I chalk most of my incompetence up to inexperience. My ...